Summer 1974 Albuquerque. On the anniversary of his father's death -and the day he was born, 17 year old Calvin Ryder is propositioned by a friend, one Lenny Starkweather (shown below) to go on a road trip to Mexico. Along the way he needs him to take part in a drug deal.

Lenny and Cal

The Banshees

Mayfield Eight is a comic book based on that rich tapestry of that era gone by (8 tracks, water beds, blow-dried hair, hot pants, Chevy Vegas, CB radios) while telling a gripping seat-of-your pants adventure of a young kid just trying to survive a week-long ordeal in the summer of 1974.

pictured here: not surviving

It's a great story, with characters you can identify with and tension-filled moments of suspense. Plus gore. And tits.

The artwork is done.

The good news is that I have the artwork cleared out of the way, and it's a matter of paying for the printing and shipping costs. Having the artwork complete -for this issue one- also means you will get the comic much sooner, in a matter of weeks.

Pledge levels:

Go to my Pinterest page to pick out what you want, and message me here.

... that's right! A $750.00 value that I'm dropping down to just $399 so that you can have your comic book come to life. Update: this item has just sold out! Be ready for stretch goals coming up very soon!!

If you want to get a look at my website to see my comic book work for yourself, just click here.

Risks and challenges

The one thing I learned from a previous (yes I did try this story out before) failed Kickstarter is that I dreamed too big. So this time around I'm cutting up the original idea and scaling it down so that it gets funded sooner. I'm coming back with a larger audience and a smaller project -$2400 as opposed to $6700 from the last time- so that the ultimate goal is to get this first issue off the ground and in the hands of people who want to read it. Here's the costs as they are planned:

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $49 or more
About $49

4 covers plus TWO pages of original art

Torn from the pages straight out of... well... my comic. Your choice of two original pages of penciled and inked artwork on 11 x 17 bristol, signed by the artist PLUS a printed out sample page with the colors in a clear sheet.

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $99 or more
About $99

4 covers plus Tattoo

Maxine French is a character from the story sporting a new tattoo for each of her -ahem- conquests. Become one of hers with a permanent addition to her lovely body. This means, every time she appears in the story there's YOUR NAME for all to see!

Kickstarter is not a store.

Pledge $179 or more
About $179

4 covers, Tattoo and original art

Your name in a BIG tattoo on Maxine French's body (again, she'll be featured in the story so you'll see it loud and clear) PLUS an ORIGINAL page of artwork signed by me PLUS all four variant covers.
In short... all the stuff.